- Family:
- Passifloraceae Juss. ex Roussel
- Genus:
- Adenia Forssk.
Adenia ovata W.J.de Wilde

[FZ]
Passifloraceae, R. and A. Fernandes. Flora Zambesiaca 4. 1978
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Capsule 1·5–2·5 × 1 cm., obovoid-oblong, subacute at the apex, with smooth coriaceous pericarp.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds unknown.
- Morphology General Habit
- Herb 5–10 cm. high, with napiform warty tuber.
- Morphology Stem
- Stems annual or partly perennial, 1–3 cm. long, with internodes 0·2–1 cm. long; leaves ± appressed to the ground.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaf-lamina 7–14 × 5–12 cm., broadly ovate to subcircular, broadly rounded and sometimes minutely apiculate at the apex, margin entire, broadly rounded and shortly cuneate at the base, subcoriaceous, brownish- or reddish-green or greyish-green above, paler, greyish-green and densely purplish-red mottled beneath, with (3)5(7) main nerves from the base and with 3–4(7) pairs of nerves from the midrib and distinct reticulation; petiole 0·1–0·4 cm. long.
- Morphology General Glands
- Glands of the lamina-base 0 or 2, 0·5–1 mm. in diameter, on the margin near the insertion of the petiole; glands of the lamina 0.
- Morphology Leaves Stipules
- Stipules 2–4 mm. long, narrowly triangular, acute, entire or remotely dentate or dissected.
- Morphology General Tendrils
- Tendrils 0.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Cymes 1–10-flowered in male, hermaphrodite and female, the flowers cream; peduncle up to 0·4 cm. long; bracts and bracteoles 1·5–3·5 mm. long, narrowly triangular to linear, acute, denticulate; pedicels 2–5 mm. long in the hermaphrodite and female flower.
- sex Male
- Male flower: buds up to 10 mm. long; anthers as in the hermaphrodite flower, 3–3·5 mm. long incl. the blunt, papillate apiculum c. 1 mm. long; vestigial ovary 1–1·5 mm. long.
- sex Hermaphrodite
- Hermaphrodite flower: (14)18–22 × 4–7(8) mm. (incl. the (4)5–7 mm. long stipe), tubular-infundibuliform; hypanthium 1·5–2 mm. long; calyx-tube 6–8 mm. long; calyx-lobes 3–5(7) mm. long, ovate-oblong, obtuse, fimbriate; petals 7–9 × 1–1·5 mm., lanceolate, subacute, (l)3-nerved, fimbriate-papillate in the upper 1/2, inserted at the same level as the corona, this consisting of hairs 1–2 mm. long; stamen-filaments 4–5 mm. long, ± long-connate at the base, inserted at the base of the hypanthium; anthers (1·5)2–4 × 0·75–1·25 mm. incl. the obtuse papillate apiculum 0·5–1·25 mm. long; disk-glands 0·33–1 mm. long; pistil 7–10 mm. long; gynophore 1·5–3 mm. long; ovary 4–5 × 2–3 mm., oblong-ellipsoid, usually finely warty; styles connate for c. 1 mm., the arms 1–1·5 mm., ending in subglobular woolly-papillate stigmas.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Female flower: (12)17–19 × 4–6(8) mm. (incl. the 4–5(6) mm. long stipe), tubular-infundibuliform; hypanthium c. 1·5 mm. long; calyx-tube 5–6 mm. long; calyx-lobes 3·5–5 mm. long, oblong, obtuse, subentire; petals (4)5–6 × 1–1·5(2) mm., obovate to oblanceolate, obtuse, (1)3-nerved, finely fimbriate in the upper 1/2, inserted at the same level as the corona, this consisting of hairs 1–1·5 mm. long; staminodes c. 4 mm. long, with the filaments shortly connate at the base and vestigial anthers c. 1 mm. long; disk-glands c. 0·5 mm. long; pistil 7–8 mm. long; gynophore 1–1·5 mm. long; ovary c. 4 × 2 mm., ellipsoid-oblong; styles connate at the base, with the arms 1–1·5 mm. long, ending in subglobular woolly-papillate stigmas. Hermaphrodite flower: (14)18–22 × 4–7(8) mm. (incl. the (4)5–7 mm. long stipe), tubular-infundibuliform; hypanthium 1·5–2 mm. long; calyx-tube 6–8 mm. long; calyx-lobes 3–5(7) mm. long, ovate-oblong, obtuse, fimbriate; petals 7–9 × 1–1·5 mm., lanceolate, subacute, (l)3-nerved, fimbriate-papillate in the upper 1/2, inserted at the same level as the corona, this consisting of hairs 1–2 mm. long; stamen-filaments 4–5 mm. long, ± long-connate at the base, inserted at the base of the hypanthium; anthers (1·5)2–4 × 0·75–1·25 mm. incl. the obtuse papillate apiculum 0·5–1·25 mm. long; disk-glands 0·33–1 mm. long; pistil 7–10 mm. long; gynophore 1·5–3 mm. long; ovary 4–5 × 2–3 mm., oblong-ellipsoid, usually finely warty; styles connate for c. 1 mm., the arms 1–1·5 mm., ending in subglobular woolly-papillate stigmas. Male flower: buds up to 10 mm. long; anthers as in the hermaphrodite flower, 3–3·5 mm. long incl. the blunt, papillate apiculum c. 1 mm. long; vestigial ovary 1–1·5 mm. long.
- sex Female
- Female flower: (12)17–19 × 4–6(8) mm. (incl. the 4–5(6) mm. long stipe), tubular-infundibuliform; hypanthium c. 1·5 mm. long; calyx-tube 5–6 mm. long; calyx-lobes 3·5–5 mm. long, oblong, obtuse, subentire; petals (4)5–6 × 1–1·5(2) mm., obovate to oblanceolate, obtuse, (1)3-nerved, finely fimbriate in the upper 1/2, inserted at the same level as the corona, this consisting of hairs 1–1·5 mm. long; staminodes c. 4 mm. long, with the filaments shortly connate at the base and vestigial anthers c. 1 mm. long; disk-glands c. 0·5 mm. long; pistil 7–8 mm. long; gynophore 1–1·5 mm. long; ovary c. 4 × 2 mm., ellipsoid-oblong; styles connate at the base, with the arms 1–1·5 mm. long, ending in subglobular woolly-papillate stigmas.
Native to:
Zambia
Adenia ovata W.J.de Wilde appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Jul 1, 1971 | Fanshawe, D. B. [F 2516], Zambia | K000242703 | Unknown type material | Yes |
First published in Meded. Landbouwhoogeschool 71(18): 204 (1971)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
- Launert, E. (ed.) (1978). Flora Zambesiaca 4: 1-658. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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